I’ve often said the WSJ separates its very conservative editorial stance from its reporting. WSJ journalists have as free if not freer hands than journalists working elsewhere. Their editorials regularly denounce mandates and restrictions as ineffective, but their independent reporters found otherwise. Let me get one thing straight: I wouldn’t want to see such measures used anywhere, but that of course depends on people voluntarily engaging in responsible behavior that protects themselves and others. People get sick and die and economies take nosedives. If people reject vaccines, masks and social distance on a voluntary basis and we keep getting deadly new surges, what should governments do? If someone opposes mandates, it is incumbent upon them to produce a medically and scientifically valid plan to end this worldwide pandemic. Virtually all the scientists and doctors give the same advice to get vaccinated and wear masks and socially as necessary. Places that listen to them to much better than those who don’t.